UIL Holdings Corp, owner of Berkshire Gas Co., has announced that it will invest in the Northeast Energy Direct project that would provide natural gas for its customers. UIL announced its investment this week in development of the Tennessee Gas Pipeline proposed, which would cross eight Franklin County towns on its 188-mile route from Wright, N.Y. to Dracut. The project, for which the subsidiary of Kinder Morgan plans to apply …
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NORTHFIELD — “Blockadia” is the term Gulf Road resident Judy Wolter used to describe the protesters who come every week to stand on Jere Nelson’s property, where Kinder Morgan’s 41,000-horsepower gas pipeline compressor station is slated to sit. At least one day a week for the past month, Judy Wolter has stood on …
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As hundreds of area residents sweltered Wednesday night in the Greenfield Middle School auditorium, many of them railing against Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s proposed Northeast Energy Direct project, company spokesman Allen Fore tried to keep his cool in a makeshift press conference in a classroom sealed off from the public. Fore, vice president of …
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NORTHFIELD — Criticized by Congressman James McGovern and Northfield town officials for being slow to identify the site of its planned 80,000 horsepower compressor station, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. has now released details about the location of the …
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The state Department of Public Utilities has rejected petitions by Rep. Stephen Kulik and two organizations opposing the Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s planned project through Franklin County in a case involving Berkshire Gas Co.’s proposed contract to buy gas …
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ERVING — At 1,021 feet, the summit of Poplar Mountain may not be one for the record books. But the peak of the mountain, near the Northfield and Montague town lines, is noteworthy for a couple of reasons. First, it was recently acquired as a 50-acre parcel for …
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GREENFIELD — Although less heated than many forums about the proposed Tennessee Gas Pipeline project that would cross eight Franklin County towns, a two-hour meeting hosted by the Franklin Regional Council of Governments raised several legal and technical considerations for many of the roughly 60 municipal officials and …
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Several area state legislators are joining anti-pipeline groups seeking legal status to intervene in Berkshire Gas Co.’s request to become a customer of the planned Tennessee Gas Pipeline project. Rep. Stephen Kulik has joined with an affiliate of …
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To help towns around the region plan for Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.’s formal federal review process, the Franklin Regional Council of Governments, in conjunction with the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, will hold a workshop on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Greenfield Community College’s dining commons. The meeting, funded …
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By RICHIE DAVIS Recorder Staff Two letters released by federal officials this week — including one by Congressman James McGovern — chide Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. for lack of transparency and misleading statements about its proposed Northeast Energy …
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GREENFIELD — The Department of Public Utilities has scheduled a public hearing on a proposed agreement between Berkshire Gas Co. and Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., the company proposing to build a natural gas pipeline through Franklin County. The agreement entitles Berkshire Gas to its existing access to the …
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The Department of Public Utilities will hold a public hearing in western Massachusetts on a proposed agreement between Berkshire Gas Co. and the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., state Sen. President Stan Rosenberg said Friday. “They told me yesterday …
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NORTHAMPTON — A proposed agreement between Berkshire Gas and the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. should be the subject of a public hearing, in Western Massachusetts, by the state’s Department of Public Utilities, according to a letter sent to the agency by Massachusetts Senate President Stanley Rosenberg on Monday. …
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